... over masks... we had a great day, took our son for a hike, tried to go out to dinner... Monday’s are a bust for restaurants, and two of our favorites are closed on those days.
But we tried an alternate, things were ok, I had my fake mask on, I entered the empty restaurant, approached the host and asked for a table, she happily grabbed menus (physical) rare here... when a grizzly man asked if I would raise my mask above my nose, I said I would not, I did not mention my unmasked child, but asked why?
Blah blah blah, I can be fined, faggot tears, I AM WEARING THE FUCKING MUZZLE, get real, so I told him I would take my money elsewhere... he said go do so.... then my bitch husband cried that I can’t be normal and I ruin everything, it was for 15 seconds, stop being obsessed, then I told him he would look the other way while I got raped for 15 seconds, I’m still the bad guy somehow and ruined it all, I wanna cry so bad right now, but I’m the only one left with guts.... it hurts :(
You’ve made me out to be such a bad guy and maybe I am... but I think it’s important that I have a place to put this... there is no other place I could have shared this, and I’m glad I did... some have agreed, some not, more so a discussion has happened on what’s going on with relationships and how we navigate the social world that discriminates and divides us. I didn’t change the world, I didn’t change my husband, he’s apathetic and can’t be changed... yet/until affected. But maybe I changed the managers POV, maybe a customer, maybe the wait staff that hates wearing the mask and just watched a $20 tip walk out the door, maybe that guy, but I just can’t logically tell my son he doesn’t need to wear a mask and then politely pull mine up to conform, I KNOW WHERE THIS LEADS.
Fair enough. I’ve been critical, but I wish you and your family the best, and i mean that sincerely. I understand the stand you’re trying to make and the example of strength you’re setting for your son. That is admirable. Hopefully we’ll all find a way through this madness. But if anything we get though this together. You’re right, we have to have guts and balls of steel, but we also gotta have family and we can’t lose sight of that.